St. Louis One of Most Gay-Friendly Cities In The Country, Another Report Finds

Here in St. Louis, we get a little touchy when it comes to national rankings. In the area of crime, some say these so-called "experts" have no idea what they're talking about! Their numbers make no sense and their methodology is super shady, right?

But when it comes to being a gay city, well, we'll take what we can get! This week, St. Louis has, once again, been named a very gay-friendly city -- one of the best in the nation. Hooray!

Based on a "municipal equality" index, LGBT-related hate-crime data and stats on same-sex households, St. Louis beat out nearly 80 cities across the country to be ranked near the top in this latest list.

NerdWallet appears to be relying on some of the HRC methodology and a few other data points in its report. Our overall gay-friendly score in this study was 67, not too far below Palm Springs, California's score of 72, which earned the west-coast city the No. 1 spot. With an apparently low rate of gay hate-crime and high -- relatively speaking -- rate of same-sex households, St. Louis just missed the top ten, coming in at No. 11.

We beat out Chicago, Berkeley, Austin, Denver and many other cities that didn't even make the top twenty list.